On Wednesday 08 November 2000 18:12, Mike wrote: > > Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote: > > Other than that, is linuxconfig a 'good thing', or does it have security > > problems associated with it that one ought to know about? > > Are you referring to linuxconf? If so, I've nothing good to say about it. > I once made the mistake of trying linuxconf. I then needed a day and a > half to fix my system back to a usable state, and another three days > (roughly) to find everything alse that got completely buggered. >
My wife swears by it. While it was still under heavy development, linuxconf was a major piece of donkey-dung. But now it seems to work just great. For a newbie, I'd suggest starting with it, and learning how to use the "find" command to search through /etc for the files that linuxconf has changed. That way, you can make something work right away, but you also learn what files have to be changed to add a DNS server, configure your modem, add a group to the system, etc... It can be a real crutch though, so try to avoid it if you can do without it; you never know when ncurses will break on you. -- Did you know that if you play a Windows 2000 cd backwards, you will hear the voice of Satan? That's nothing! If you play it forward, it'll install Windows 2000.
